pass
verb (used with object)
to move past; go by.
had passed
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past perfectof pass.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"We were then able to compare the state of the sea ice on satellite images before and after a cluster had passed through."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The train was struck at Yahodyn station, where shortly before a train with security advisers from several European countries and former state leaders, including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had passed through.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Her mum had passed away, she explained, following a head injury in circumstances that remain unclear.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
On our way up here, we had passed graffiti flamingos on the sides of bunkers and on the path itself, but he had made no reference to them in his spiel about the island’s history.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
I had thought the crowd would conceal me, but I should have broken away the moment we had passed through the slaughterhouse’s front doors.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
